Bottle-holder.



J. A. SWANSON.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYa. 1915.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

JOHN AUGUST SWANSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. im, 1911*?.

Application led May 3, 1915. Serial No. 25,493.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN AUGUST SwensoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, lhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

M invention relates to improvements in foldlng bottle holders, especially adapted for use in holding milk bottles in folding grocery delivery boxes; and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combination of devices, hereinafter described and delined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding grocery delivery box, having secured thereto two of the improved bottle holders, one of which is open and supporting a milk bottle within the box,`and the other of which is folded, some parts of the box being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a perspective vie-w of the box and bottle holders folded; A

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the improlved` bottle holders folded, on an enlarged sca e;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line x4 :v5 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line :r4 fc5 showing the bottlehol'der open.

The numeral 1 indicates a folding grocery delivery box, and the numeral 2 indicates a milk bottle.

The improved bottle holder comprises a yoke 3 and a saddle bracket 4. As shown, the yoke 3 is' made from a single, piece of wire, bent upon itself to form the yoke and a pair of rearwardly projecting prongs 5. The free ends of these prongs 5 are bent inwardly', in axial alinement, to form a pair of trunnions 6, the inner ends of which are bent rearward in parallel arrangement to form a pair of lugs 7.

The yoke 3 is of annular form and of substantially the same diameter as that of the neck of the bottle 2. The yoke 3 extends more than one-half of the distance around the neck of the bottle 2, thereby requiring lel slits in the inner plate of the saddlebracket 4, which extends from its lower edge upward. 'Ihe hinge lugs 8 are formed by rolling the free ends of the arms 9. rJFhat portion of the saddle bracket 4, between the arms 9, is bent laterally inward, just above vthe hinge lugs 8, to form a stop shoulder 10,

and is then bent vertically downward to form a stop plate 11. This stop plate 11 bears directly against the adjacent face of the box l, as a base of resistance.

When the yoke 3 is turned into an operative position, as shown in Fig. 5, its lugs 7 engage the stop shoulder 10, and thereby hold said weight in a horizontal position. In turning the yoke 3 from a folded to an open position, its lugs 7 engage the stop plate 11, which acts as a base of resistance therefor, and yieldingly forces the arms 9 outward. 'Ihe inward pressure of the arms 9 causes the ends of the lugs 7 to frictionally engage the stop plate 11 and thereby yieldingly hold the Yyoke 3 in an operative position. In the folded position of the yoke 3, the spring arms 9 yieldingly hold the yoke 3 l against the saddle bracket 4 with yits lugs 7 extending substantially parallel to the stop plate: 11, and engage the same to yieldingly hold the yoke 3 folded.

As shown, the saddle bracket 4 embraces the upper edge of one of the sides of the box 1 and is permanently secured thereto by a nut-equipped bolt 12 passed through alined perforations in the side plates of the saddle bracket and the box. By thus securing the saddle bracket 4 to thebox l, the bottle holder is always-in position in the box, and when it is desired to fold the box, the yoke 3 is firstl folded, as shown in Fig. 4. When the bottle holder is not in use, the yoke 3 is kept in a folded position so asl to not interfere with the contents of the box. Oneor more of these improved bottle holders may be applied to a box.

The above described invention, while extremely simple and of small cost to manufacture, has, in actual usage, p roven highly la single sheet of metal, cut and pressed to proper form.

What I claim is: A bottle holder comprisin a saddle bracket, and aY yoke, said saddle bracket having a stop shoulder, a stop plate, and a pair of spring arms, having formed thereon hinge lugs, said yoke being made from a single piece of Wire, bent at its ends to form trunnions, and bent upon itself, at its intermediate portion, to form a spring yoke, adapted to be sprung into engagement with the neck of a bottle, the trunnions of said yoke being mounted in said hinge lugs and being bent to form lugs, engageable With said stop shoulder to support the yoke in an operative position and engageable with said stop plate to yieldingly hold the yoke in its two eXtreme positions.

In testimony whereof l aiX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOHN AUGUST SWANSON.. Witnesses:

EVA E. KNIG, .HARRY D. KILGORE. 

